R Kelly

2022 - 9 - 15

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R. Kelly convicted on six counts of child pornography and sexual ... (NME.com)

R. Kelly has been found guilty by a federal jury on six of 13 counts on child pornography and sexual abuse.

Meanwhile, “Nia”, the final survivor to testify at the trial, shared her experiences meeting Kelly in 1996 when she was 15 years old. In subsequent encounters, Pauline estimated she had sex with Kelly more than 80 times, as well as 60 threesomes with Kelly and Jane between the ages of 14 and 16. [Rolling Stone](https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/r-kelly-chicago-trial-verdict-1234593064/) and [The Guardian](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/sep/14/r-kelly-found-guilty-on-child-pornography-and-sex-abuse-charges), on Wednesday (September 14) Kelly was convicted of three counts of producing child pornography and three counts of enticing minors to engage in sexual activity. The sentencing marks the conclusion of the second federal trial the disgraced singer has faced. Police had initially investigated Jane’s case in 2000, although Jane did not testify in that case’s 2008 state child pornography trial, in which the singer was ultimately acquitted. Each child pornography charge carries a sentence of up to 20 years, while each enticement charge carries a sentence of up to 10 years.

R Kelly found guilty on child pornography charges (The Voice Online)

The disgraced singer is currently serving a 30-year sentence for sex trafficking and racketeering.

The disgraced star was also acquitted on the charge of obstruction of justice in his 2002 Cook County case, the On Wednesday, he was found guilty of three counts of child pornography and three counts of child enticement. The American singer has been convicted of six out of 13 counts in a new trial in his hometown of Chicago.

R. Kelly convicted of child porn, enticing girls for sex (The Mercury News)

Two further trials are still pending for the Grammy-winning singer: one in Minnesota and another in state court in Chicago.

Three of the child porn charges that Kelly was convicted of Wednesday were related to that video and others depicting Jane. Jane testified that when her parents confronted Kelly in the early 2000s he dropped to his knees and begged them for forgiveness. Jane, who belonged to a teenage singing group, first met Kelly in the late 1990s when she was in junior high school. He told reporters that, when you add up the potential punishments on the six guilty counts, Kelly was staring at at least 10 years and up to 90 in prison. Bonjean, Kelly’s attorney, told jurors in her closings that the government had relied, in some cases, on liars and and blackmailers as witnesses. Kelly trial at https://apnews.com/hub/r-kelly Kelly on Wednesday of producing child pornography and enticing girls for sex after a monthlong trial in his hometown, delivering another legal blow to the Grammy Award winning singer who was once one of the world’s biggest R&B stars. But the government lost the marquee count — that Kelly and his then-business manager successfully rigged his state child pornography trial in 2008. They said he offered up to $1 million to recover missing videos before his 2008 trial, knowing they would land him in legal peril. Kelly, born Robert Sylvester Kelly, was desperate to recover pornographic videos he made and lugged around in a gym bag, witnesses said. Milton Brown, the other co-defendant, was acquitted of receiving child pornography. Kelly, who shed tears of joy when jurors acquitted him in 2008, gave a thumbs-up sign to spectators after Wednesday’s verdict but otherwise showed little emotion.

R Kelly convicted for child sex abuse charges in Chicago trial (Yahoo News)

New verdict found disgraced R&B artist guilty of six out of 13 charges brought against him.

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R Kelly convicted of child pornography charges (Euronews)

More disgrace for the singer who was once top of the pop charts as a Chicago court finds him guilty of accusations stemming from a 2008 child pornography ...

The 55-year-old is already facing 30 years in jail. In 2008, Kelly shed tears of joy when he was acquitted. Kelly was desperate to recover pornographic videos he made and lugged around in a gym bag, witnesses said. They claimed he offered up to $1 million to recover missing videos before his 2008 trial, knowing they would land him in legal peril. Back then, Kelly was alleged to have created child pornography by filming himself having sex with a 14-year-old girl aged 30. McDavid and Milton Brown were acquitted of all charges.

R Kelly found guilty of six charges at end of Chicago sex abuse trial ... (Complete Music Update)

It was a video of Kelly sexually abusing Jane that sparked an earlier investigation in the 2000s into the abuse allegations that had been made against the star.

It seems likely that Kelly will appeal the ruling, as he is the earlier ruling in the New York courts, where he was But that time around Jane denied that it was her in the video and declined to cooperate with prosecutors. He is already serving a 30 year jail term stemming from last year’s guilty verdict in the New York case. It was a video of Kelly sexually abusing Jane that sparked an earlier investigation in the 2000s into the abuse allegations that had been made against the star. But she had decided to tell the truth now, she added, because she had become “exhausted” living with Kelly’s lies. R Kelly has been found guilty of six of the charges he faced in his latest criminal trial in Chicago.